David Burton
I build systems that learn from data.
Founder of Klytotech LLC — building production AI systems for healthcare, biotech, and finance.
Klytotech LLC
I run a one-person research and engineering studio. Production ML systems and data infrastructure for clients in healthcare, biotech, and finance — built end-to-end, with the same statistical and operational discipline across every domain.
Across Domains
The rigor behind a trading system's risk layer is the same rigor behind a clinical study's propensity matching. Quantitative finance, neuroscience, biotech — the transfer between domains is what keeps it interesting.
Algorithmic Trading
Atlas trades 0-1 DTE SPY options with real capital. 11 OS processes, dual-broker fallback, 6-state HMM regime detection with CUSUM jump overlay, 11 entry guards. Transparent level-based decision engine, with LightGBM coming back under shadow-mode-and-ramp validators. Closes every position by 3:55 PM — no overnight risk.
Clinical Research
Alzheimer's research with the NACC dataset — 130,000+ longitudinal observations across 37 centers. Survival analysis, propensity matching, currently under peer review. Nobody assigned this. The question was interesting.
Open Source
The tools I build for my own work end up as public libraries. Data pipelines, visualization tools, ML utilities — documented, tested, and on GitHub.
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Atlas Trading System
Live algorithmic trading on SPY 0-1 DTE options with real capital. Transparent level-based decision engine, 6-state HMM with CUSUM jump detection, 11 processes, dual-broker fallback. LightGBM coming back under shadow-mode-and-ramp validators.
Cognitive Health Study
130K longitudinal observations, one question about aging. Large-scale biostatistics study investigating medication effects on cognitive decline in 30,000+ older adults. Uses survival analysis and propensity score matching. Under peer review.
Lead Generation Engine
Automated intelligence pipeline behind a $30M sales year.
Grant Writing Agent
NLP system that reverse-engineers winning proposals.
Email Automation Platform
Behavior-driven email engine sending 100K messages per hour.
Adaptive Learning Engine
Real-time ML adapts difficulty as learners progress.
Founder & Lead Engineer
Klytotech LLC
Building production ML systems and data infrastructure for clients across healthcare, biotech, and finance. Atlas Trading System, Alzheimer's research with NACC dataset, computational biology platforms, agentic AI systems.
Data Scientist
BTL Industries
Built the lead generation platform that helped the sales team win President's Club — $30M revenue, 2x the next team. Automated lead scraping, NLP validation, enterprise client workshops.
Data Analyst
Prenda
Student tracking dashboards for 10K+ students. Grant writing automation (40% efficiency gain, 200% funding increase). Predictive models for nonprofit donor behavior.
Mathematics Teacher
International schools
Taught mathematics internationally before retraining into data science. Purdue BA, Indiana M.S. Ed. The teaching background is why I explain things the way I do.
Atlas in production: a forecasting system on real capital
542,000 rows/second of market data, sub-second regime detection. The async patterns, dependency-ordered startup, and 10Hz monitoring that keep it alive.
[Case Study]Replacing DuckDB with Rust: 10.4× via predicate pushdown
A custom time-series engine that filters at the storage layer. Five iterations, one optimization that backfired 86%, and the one that worked.
[Case Study]How Atlas's database got 810× faster
A trading system that wouldn't start because schema init took 6.6 seconds. The fix was a single replaced pattern.
[Tutorial]WebAssembly viz with Rust: when JavaScript runs out of room
Compiling Rust to WASM for browser-side particle systems. 60fps with 50K+ points where pure JS drops to 20.
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If it's about data, trading systems, research, or something I haven't thought of yet — I'd like to hear about it.
Currently
- Atlas trading live on SPY options
- NACC analysis under peer review
- Taking on selective Klytotech engagements
Elsewhere
New York City —
